We are so excited to share that of the land, a new five-part series unfolding over the next five weeks.

This series began with a kind of romantic impulse. I traveled to Italy with a longing to be among

people whose relationships to land and food have been tended over generations, particularly within the traditions of slow food.

As a settler of North America, I carry big questions around land and lineage and memory and loss.

I imagine meeting grandmothers making ravioli, sitting with elders, absorbing something simple and intact about belonging.

But what I encountered was far more complex and far more meaningful.

The experience didn't feed me in the ways I expected.

Instead, it unsettled me and expanded my understanding of tradition, of connection, and of what it means to

belong to a place.

I'm deeply grateful for that disorientation and for all that it revealed.

Across this series, we'll move through conversations shaped by land,

food, inheritance, and the tensions and contradictions that live within them. That of the land is

made possible with the generous support of our sponsors. We're especially grateful to Riche,

whose delicious, grounding, ceremonial drink feels deeply aligned with the spirit of this series,

nourishment that invites presence, connection, and reflection.

We're also thankful to Eliya,

a retreat center in Italy that holds space for deep rest,

learning, and a relationship with place.

Thank you for listening and for being a part of this unfolding.

Here we go.

There's a string here. Thank you for listening and for being a part of this unfolding. Here we go. There's a string here.